Maryam Namazie

Maryam Namazie is a political activist, campaigner and blogger

Tag: Culture of offence

  • Charlie Hebdo: There is no “culture of offence”

    Below are my opening remarks at a 29 January panel discussion organised by UCL Atheist Society entitled “Living in outrageous times: Charlie Hebdo and the culture of offence”. The two other panellists debating the issue reminded me of Caroline Fourest’s saying: “Racism must not excuse fundamentalism and fundamentalism must not excuse racism”. Peter Bradley, director of Speakers’…